Everything the Steve Jobs movie gets wrong (and right)

Steve Jobs movie: Not so accurate

He was a genius. A pioneer. And now, the subject of a movie that's been nominated for two Oscars, for actors Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet. But what does the Steve Jobs movie get right, and what does it get wrong?

Published: February 25, 2016 -- 15:48 GMT (07:48 PST)

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Caption by: Lisa Bernier

Wrong: The "Hello" 1984 computer glitch pre-presentation

At the start of the movie, Jobs yells at programmer Andy Hertzfeld about the computer not saying "hello," and then gives him 40 minutes to fix it. However, this incident never happened.

Right: Joanna Hoffman winning an "award" for standing up to Jobs

Wrong: Lisa Brennan winning over Jobs with MacPaint

In the film, Lisa Brennan-Jobs (the daughter Jobs refused to recognize for years) is brought by her mother to the launch of Mac. The girl then charms her father by using MacPaint (and getting paternity payments for her mother in the bargain). A lovely anecdote, but nonetheless, untrue.

Published: February 25, 2016 -- 15:48 GMT (07:48 PST)

Photo by: Universal Pictures

Caption by: Lisa Bernier

Right: The real Lisa Brennan-Jobs working with Sorkin

Although she never spoke to Walter Isaacson (who wrote the biography the movie is based on) she did talk with Sorkin while he wrote the screenplay and gave Sorkin insight into her father's mind and personality.

Published: February 25, 2016 -- 15:48 GMT (07:48 PST)

Photo by: Universal Pictures

Caption by: Lisa Bernier

Wrong: Singleton Steve imagining a reunion

When Jobs imagines working things out with adult Lisa in the film, it portrays him as single and without a family of his own. Motivation to want to connect with your only daughter, right? But in real life, by that time, Jobs was a family man with a wife and three other children.

Published: February 25, 2016 -- 15:48 GMT (07:48 PST)

Photo by: Universal Pictures

Caption by: Lisa Bernier

Wrong: Jobs telling Hoffman before the launch of NeXT's computer that Apple is suing him

While Apple did sue him, it happened in 1985, which was three years before the launch of the "black box" NeXT computer. Apple in fact withdrew the suit in 1986, two years before the 1988 launch.

Published: February 25, 2016 -- 15:48 GMT (07:48 PST)

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Caption by: Lisa Bernier

Also wrong: Jobs planning to use NeXT as revenge

The fictional Jobs also tells Hoffman that he plans to use NeXT to get back at Apple by making it so great, they'll buy it for a cool half million. In reality, Jobs had no idea NeXT would be the reason he would eventually come back to the Apple fold.

Wrong: The confrontations before each launch

With each launch, the movie has Jobs meeting the same people: Chrisann Brennan, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Andy Hertzfeld, Apple CEO John Sculley, and Steve Wozniak. In reality, many of these people weren't even around Jobs during the time period of these launches, and none of them necessarily confronted them like they do in the film.

Right: Fassbender's channeling of Jobs

Wozniak said after seeing a rough cut of the movie that Fassbender's acting made him feel as if he was "actually watching Steve Jobs."

Published: February 25, 2016 -- 15:48 GMT (07:48 PST)

Photo by: Universal Pictures

Caption by: Lisa Bernier

Right: Jobs' minimalistic living

The movie does get Jobs' minimalistic tendencies right, to the point he often didn't have a lot of furniture. In fact, his real-life widow Laurene once said she and her husband would spend "... a lot of time asking ourselves, 'What is the purpose of a sofa?'"

Steve Jobs movie: Not so accurate

He was a genius. A pioneer. And now, the subject of a movie that's been nominated for two Oscars, for actors Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet. But what does the Steve Jobs movie get right, and what does it get wrong?